Robert Simpson

This is a Ninth' and no mistake. . .the most significant British string quartet of the century. . .'David J Brown, Tempo, March 1985

There are few musical minds in the world capable of completing such a large and complex symphonic structure,. . .Paul Driver, The Sunday Times, 26 April 1987, Instrumentation: 2.picc.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn...

... the quartet is a highly distinctive work, a welcome addition to Simpson's significant contribution to the British twentieth-century string quartet. Trevor Bray, Music and Letters Vol. 68, 3 April...

This is a 'Ninth' and no mistake. . .the most significant British string quartet of the century. . .' David J Brown, Tempo, March 1985